As a soon to be first time mom who had a MC with our first baby at 13 weeks (that was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through…so hard emotionally but physically too), I enjoyed your realness and perspective in this video. Thanks for sharing! My husband and I are taking a birthing class from a very wise retired midwife who believes birth is a picture of spiritual rebirth (John 3:3-10). This adds beautiful meaning to me as someone who has been born-again due to my Savior’s suffering on my behalf on the cross so that I could be born-again. She has been telling us the importance of surrender (relinquishment of control…) but also “staying open” by keeping the inlet and outlet of your pelvis open. It gives the baby more space in our pelvis during pregnancy and helps the baby pass through during birth. She says most midwives don’t even know about this to teach this. She first learned about it from a midwife in Australia. I’ve been practicing this by pushing my bum back, which curves your spine and ends up pooching your stomach outward a bit. It helps the baby get in the head down position because s/he has space. When you said that it felt like your baby was stuck on some sort of bone, I wonder if this was because baby was stuck on your sacrum/coccyx because the way (inlet and outlet of your pelvis) wasn’t open. Hopefully this is helpful to you. God bless you and your family!
aaah what a lovely comment to receive. The inlet and oulet of the pelvis is such valuable work - I worked with a birthing physio in pregnancy who helped me with this, but amidst everything happening I wasn't conscious of this during birth. I do assume she was stuck, but it seemed the use of the stairs helped shift her into position (similarly having one leg on the toilet and swaying my hips seemed to help a lot). Maybe if I had focused more on opening - the stairs wouldn't have been necessary (although my entire labour was on the back, so hard to know). I am so excited for your EC journey and I am sending you so much care for birth!!! I trust it will be a beautiful empowering experience.
Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed your storytelling. I’m sad that you had such a hectic experience, I’m glad you had such a supportive doula! I had some similar experiences of chaos when my daughter was born, I had intended to be at a near by birthing center, and like you I thought labour might go on for a long time, then kind-of suddenly having conversations with the midwife about wether to go to the birthing center or stay. We ended up going with the original plan and my daughter was born in the car on the way.
oh wow! Thanks for sharing and that is wild that your daughter was born in the car!!! That probably would have been us if we attempted to get in the car. But yes, a very intense, but beautiful and meaningful experience :)
As a soon to be first time mom who had a MC with our first baby at 13 weeks (that was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through…so hard emotionally but physically too), I enjoyed your realness and perspective in this video. Thanks for sharing!
My husband and I are taking a birthing class from a very wise retired midwife who believes birth is a picture of spiritual rebirth (John 3:3-10). This adds beautiful meaning to me as someone who has been born-again due to my Savior’s suffering on my behalf on the cross so that I could be born-again. She has been telling us the importance of surrender (relinquishment of control…) but also “staying open” by keeping the inlet and outlet of your pelvis open. It gives the baby more space in our pelvis during pregnancy and helps the baby pass through during birth. She says most midwives don’t even know about this to teach this. She first learned about it from a midwife in Australia. I’ve been practicing this by pushing my bum back, which curves your spine and ends up pooching your stomach outward a bit. It helps the baby get in the head down position because s/he has space. When you said that it felt like your baby was stuck on some sort of bone, I wonder if this was because baby was stuck on your sacrum/coccyx because the way (inlet and outlet of your pelvis) wasn’t open. Hopefully this is helpful to you. God bless you and your family!
aaah what a lovely comment to receive. The inlet and oulet of the pelvis is such valuable work - I worked with a birthing physio in pregnancy who helped me with this, but amidst everything happening I wasn't conscious of this during birth.
I do assume she was stuck, but it seemed the use of the stairs helped shift her into position (similarly having one leg on the toilet and swaying my hips seemed to help a lot). Maybe if I had focused more on opening - the stairs wouldn't have been necessary (although my entire labour was on the back, so hard to know).
I am so excited for your EC journey and I am sending you so much care for birth!!! I trust it will be a beautiful empowering experience.
Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed your storytelling. I’m sad that you had such a hectic experience, I’m glad you had such a supportive doula! I had some similar experiences of chaos when my daughter was born, I had intended to be at a near by birthing center, and like you I thought labour might go on for a long time, then kind-of suddenly having conversations with the midwife about wether to go to the birthing center or stay. We ended up going with the original plan and my daughter was born in the car on the way.
oh wow! Thanks for sharing and that is wild that your daughter was born in the car!!! That probably would have been us if we attempted to get in the car. But yes, a very intense, but beautiful and meaningful experience :)
Where is your couch from?
From Epic Kidz in Calgary. This one is the "Creative" set in Dusty Rose and we also have the "Fort" set in Sand.